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DANIEL o. FOSGATE, or AURoRA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO FRANK E.MERRILL, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN CUTTER AND SHOCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,495, dated January30, 18941..

Application filed June 22,1893. Serial mums 4.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, DANIEL Q'FOSGATE, a citizen of the United States,residingatAurora, In the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Corn Cutter and Shocker, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to corn-cutting and shocking machines, and has forits object to provide an organization of apparatus capable of gatheringand cutting stalks, transferring them by means of snitableelevatingdevices to a shock carrier which is provided with a bobbin carryingtwine for tying the stalks into bundles or shocks and of delivering thethe same and arranging them in upright positions along the path of themachine.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear in thefollowing description and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a plan view of the mechanism embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken in the direction of thearrow in Fig. 1 with the elevating chains omitted. Fig. 3 is a similarview showing the opposite side of the machine. Fig. 4 is a front Viewwiththe cutting mechanism omitted. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional viewupon line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan view of a portion ofthe cutting mechanism. Fig.'7 is an enlarged sectional view of the sameupon line 77 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail view, showing the connectionbetween the spindle of one of the gatherers and the shaft by which it isdriven.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs.

The framework 1 of the machine is preferably constructed of steel asbeing lighter for its strength than other available materials, and it isprovided with the carrying and operating wheels 2 which are fixed to theshaft 3 arranged transversely at the front of the machine.

4. represents the cutting mechanism and adjacent to the outer endthereof is arranged a bearing Wheel 5 to support said outer end of themechanism. A caster wheel 6 is also employed in rear of the operatingwheels 2 as an additional means for supporting the frame work.

7-7 represent the gatherers having the radially-disposed arms 8 andcarried by the vertical spindles 9'. The shaft 3 is connected by meansof sprockets 10 and Hand the connecting chain 12 to a counter-shaft 13which is in turn connected by gears 14 and 15110 a stub shaft 16provided with a crank wheel 17 and connected by means of a pitman 18 tothe sickle-bar 19. The counter-shaft 13 is, furthermore, connected bymeans of suitable Sprocket gearing 20 with a shaft 21 which is gearedtoa shaft 22 which is arranged parallel with the length and direction ofmovement of the machine, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. Parallel with theshaft 22 are similar shafts 23 which are geared at their front ends bymeans of beveled pinions 24 to the lower ends of the vertically-disposedspindles 9, and a transversely-disposed shaft 25 at the rear end of themachine is connected by similar beveled gears 26 to the shafts 23 and 22whereby the motion of the latter is communicated through the shafts 23to the gathering arms. The shaft 25 is supplemented, in this connection,by an auxiliary shaft 25*, geared to the shaft 25 at 25".

27 represents an elevating mechanism having a horizontal portion 28which is arranged directly in rear of the cutting mechanism and aninclined portion 29 which rises toward its outer side, as shown clearlyin the front and transverse sectional views. This elevating deviceconsists of the parallel shafts 30 which are arranged in the samehorizontal plane and extend from the front to the rear of the frameworkin rear of the cutting mechanism, and an elevated parallel shaft 31which is supported by means of standards 32, such shafts being connectedby means of the carrying chains 33 traveling over suitable chain-wheels34.. Motion is communicated to the shaft. 31 by means'of a sprocketchain 35 which connects chain-wheels 36 and 37 which are fixed,respectively, to the shafts 22 and 31.

38 represents a shock carrier which is arranged at the opposite side ofthe machine from the cutting mechanism and comprises a fixed inclinedtable 39 whose upper edge is arranged adjacent to the upper end of theelevating device, and a swingingleaf which is pivotally connected at theedge to thelower and outer edge of the table. A hinge-bar 41 is employedto connect the swinging leaf with the fixed table and itis provided withacrank 4:2-whereby the swinging leaf may be operated, a suitableretaining device 43 being provided at one end of the hinge-bar to holdthe leaf in its normal position.

44 represents a stationary leaf which is arranged at the rear end of thetable and permanently occupies a position in the plane of the swingingleaf when the latter is elevated to hold the stalks, as shown in fulllines in Fig. 5. The adjacent ends of the leaves 40 and 4A areseparated, and the bobbin 45 is arranged on the hinge-bar therebetween,such roller being adapted to carry the binder cord or twine which isemployed for tying the bundles in shocks.

The cutting mechanism comprises a fingerbar 46 carrying guard fingers47, such guard fingers carrying fixed knives 48 to cor-act with theknives -19 of the sickle-bar 19.

This being the construction of my apparatus, the operation thereof is asfollows: A single row of corn is cut at one time, the stalks beinggathered in by the arms 8 and severed in the usual way by means of thecutting device. As the stalks are cut they fall rearwardly upon thechains of the elevator which are provided with spurs 50 to insure themovement of the stalks therewith. As the stalks reach the upper end ofthe elevating device they fall and are accumulated upon the shockcarrier until a sufficient number of hills have been cut to form a shockof the desired size. The machine is now stopped and the operator tiesthe same to form a bundle or shock by means of the cord which is rolledupon the roll 45, and after having accomplished this portion of theoperation the swinging leaf is released and the shock is dropped withthe butts of the stalks on the ground, whereby the shock is arranged in.a vertical or upright position at the side of the machine.

From the above description it will be seen that the operation of themachine is simple and direct and that the shocks may be convenientlyformed and placed without personal handling upon the part of theoperator.

It will be understood that various changes in form, proportion, andminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a corn cutter andshocker, the combination with a supporting framework, and cutting andelevating devices carried thereby and operatively connected to theground Wheels, of a shock carrier fixed to the framework at the deliveryend of the elevating device and comprising afixed table inclineddownward from the grain, a fixed leaf 44 arranged at an angle to saidtable at its rear end, a swinging leaf 4O pivotally connected to thelower edge of the table and adapted to be arranged in a plane commonwith said fixed leaf, and means to operate the swinging leaf,substantially as specified.

2. In a corn cutter and shocker, the combination with a supportingframework, cutting and elevating mechanisms carried by the framework andoperatively connected to the ground wheels, of a shock carrier arrangedat the delivery end of the elevating mechanism, and having a fixedtable, a stationary leaf arranged at one end of said table at an anglethereto, a hinge-bar mounted at the lower outer edge of the table, aswinging drop leaf carried by said hinge-bar, and a cord bobbinrotatably mounted upon thehingebar between the contiguous ends of thefixed and swinging leaves, substantially as specified.

3. In a corn cutter and shocker, the combination with a supportingframework and suitable ground-wheels, cutting mechanism operativelyconnected to said ground-wheels, rotary gatherers arranged at oppositesides of the cutting mechanism, and connections between said gatherersand the ground-wheels, of a laterally-movable elevating mechanism havinga horizontal portion 28 located directly in rear of the cuttingmechanism, and an upwardly and outwardly inclined portion 29co-operating with said horizontal portion, means for connecting saidelevating mechanism with the ground-wheels, and a shock-carrier locatedat the upper and outer end of the inclined portion of the elevatingmechanism to receive the bundles therefrom, said shockcarrier having atits rear end a stationary leaf to hold the upperend of a shock and adrop-leaf to release the lower end of a shock, whereby the shock isdelivered in an upright position, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL 0.. FOSGATE.

Witnesses:

R. W. GATES, FRANK E. MERRILL.

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